Accident MiG-15 , Wednesday 19 August 1959
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Date:Wednesday 19 August 1959
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MG15 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
MiG-15
Owner/operator:China Air Force - 27th Air Division, 79th Regiment
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:off Dalian, Liaoning Province -   China
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
During the production of the China Air Force propaganda film Qingyunqu ["Song of the High Clouds"], four Chinese airmen were killed in a mid-air collision accident between a bomber and a fighter over the Pulandian Bay. Owing to technological challenge, the wreckage of neither aircraft was recovered.

Sources:

https://itw01.com/QQ5MJEY.html
https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_26746279
https://www.sohu.com/a/506243768_120123885

Revision history:

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